Mastering Oracle SQL and SQL*Plus

In this SQL primer/CD-ROM package, De Haan (applied mathematics, Technical University, The Netherlands) shows developers, administrators, system architects, and hobbyists how to write SQL and how to make the most of Oracle's interactive SQL tools, SQL*Plus. Focus is on using SQL for data retrieval. Data definition and data manipulation are covered in less detail. An ongoing case consists of seven data tables, available on a companion web site. Although the book assumes an Oracle Database 10 g environment, it can also be used with Oracle9 i or Oracle8 i . The companion CD-ROM contains a Developer License for Oracle Database 10 g . Annotation c2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Lex de Haan studied applied mathematics at the University of Technology in Delft, the Netherlands. His experience with Oracle goes back to the mid-1980s, version 4. He worked for Oracle Corporation from 1990 to 2004 in various education-related roles, ending up in Server Technologies (product development) as senior curriculum manager for the advanced database administration curriculum. In that role, he was involved in the development of Oracle9i and Oracle Database 10g. In March 2004, he decided to go independent and founded Natural Join B.V. (http://www.naturaljoin.nl). From 1999 until his passing in 2006, he was involved in the ISO SQL language standardization process, as a member of the Dutch national body. He was also one of the founding members of the OakTable network (http://www.oaktable.net).